1.   Impoverished coconut farmers and fishermen, mostly of Mayan descent, have begun filing legal claims for stretches of shorefront property.

2.   Also Tuesday, soldiers rescued two coconut farmers abducted on Sunday by the Abu Sayyaf who accused them of being military spies, an official said.

3.   But his trusteeship of the shares held by the bank and the coconut farmers gave him control of the company until the holdings were sequestered.

4.   Coconut farmer Faizal Benasing said he has not seen a third American captive, Guillermo Sobero, who is believed to have been killed by Abu Sayyaf guerrillas.

5.   Four other coconut plantation farmers escaped from the guerrillas in recent days.

6.   On Saturday, soldiers rescued a coconut farmer and his two sons from another village in the same municipality.

7.   The coconut farmers were kidnapped in recent months on Basilan, reportedly to be used as forced labor by the rebels.

8.   There is this matter of the coco levy funds that pits the millions of coconut farmers against the Marcos crony Danding Cojuangco.

9.   The president has stressed that the key issue is helping the poor coconut farmers, who want the levies returned or representation at San Miguel.

10.   Manila claims the shares were illegally acquired using proceeds from a levy Marcos imposed on coconut farmers.